Kincora Copper Ltd (TSX-V:KCC, ASX:KCC, OTC:BZDLF) advanced drilling across two New South Wales projects during the June 2026 quarter while progressing new exploration targets, partnership discussions and the divestment of its Mongolian assets, leaving the company with approximately A$12 million in cash.
The copper-gold explorer and hybrid project generator continued partner-funded drilling with AngloGold Ashanti at the Nevertire South project and completed 9 drill holes at its 100%-owned Condobolin project.
OncoSil Medical Ltd (ASX:OSL, OTC:OCMLF) has secured US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its OncoSil™ targeted radiation device to treat distal cholangiocarcinoma (dCCA), giving the company US marketing authorisation and opening an estimated A$80 million annual addressable market.
The FDA granted Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) approval for OncoSil in patients with unresectable, non-metastatic dCCA, a rare and aggressive form of bile duct cancer for which treatment options remain limited.
The Queensland Government has begun deploying capital from its expanded $250 million Queensland Critical Minerals Fund, with a $20 million investment aimed at advancing development of one of the state’s largest undeveloped critical mineral deposits.
The investment is among the first from the strengthened fund, which received an additional $100 million in this year’s Queensland Budget as the Crisafulli Government seeks to accelerate development of the state’s critical minerals sector.
A $20 million investment from the QIC-managed Queensland Critical Minerals Fund (QCMF) will help accelerate development of unlisted Aeon Metals' Walford Creek copper, zinc, lead, silver and cobalt project in North West Queensland.
The funding will support a prefeasibility study (PFS), further drilling, environmental studies and project approvals, with work ultimately progressing towards a definitive feasibility study (DFS) and final investment decision.
JB HI-FI LIMITED (ASX:JBH) has reported record annual sales of A$11.06 billion and lifted its fully franked dividend by 22.5% to 337 cents per share, but weaker trading at the start of the new financial year has overshadowed the result.
Comparable sales in Australia fell 1.4% during the first 4 weeks of July, prompting investors to focus on the softer start to FY27 rather than the retailer’s record FY26 performance.
James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX) is facing a shareholder class action in the Supreme Court of Victoria over allegations its FY26 earnings guidance and market disclosures caused investors to suffer losses before a sharp downgrade wiped billions of dollars from its market value.
James Hardie manufactures and markets exterior home and outdoor living products and solutions across Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America.
Bitcoin is struggling for momentum around US$63,000 as setbacks for cryptocurrency regulation in Washington and renewed outflows from US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds weigh on market sentiment.
The world's largest cryptocurrency was trading at about US$63,044 on August 17, having traded between roughly US$62,670 and US$63,310 during the session.
D3 Energy Ltd (ASX:D3E, OTCQX:DNRGF) is set to resume drilling operations at its Nooitgedacht helium and natural gas project in South Africa after wet weather temporarily halted work last week.
The drilling crew is scheduled to remobilise today, with the company saying the brief interruption has not changed the forward program and operations remain on budget. Both NGT245 E and NGT245 D have already reached total depth.
Astral Resources NL (ASX:AAR) has extended the growth potential of its Theia Deposit at the 100%-owned Mandilla Gold Project in Western Australia after deep diamond drilling intersected broad zones of gold mineralisation below the current Mineral Resource shell.
The standout result came from hole AMRCD378, which returned:52.75 metres at 4.67 g/t gold from 445.25 metres, including a narrow interval of 0.34 metres at 477 g/t gold from 487.3 metres. The hole also intersected 21 metres at 1.61 g/t from 321 metres and 7 metres at 2.64 g/t from 418 metres.
Market analysts are valuing Shein Group (Unlisted (UK):SHEI) at between US$35 billion and US$40 billion ahead of its proposed IPO, supported by its global fashion footprint, revenue growth, profitability and comparatively lean inventory model.
The online fashion and lifestyle company generated US$41.8 billion in net revenue and US$2.064 billion in net profit in 2025, according to its prospectus, while active customers increased to 273 million from 186 million in 2023.
American Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:ARR, OTCQX:ARRNF) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US rare earth metallurgy specialist Novex LLC to advance the conversion of rare earth oxides from its Halleck Creek Project in Wyoming into metals used in permanent magnets.
The agreement, signed through wholly owned subsidiary Wyoming Rare (USA) Inc, establishes a framework covering process optimisation, metallisation of material from American Rare Earths’ planned demonstration plant and the joint design of a domestic rare earth metal production facility.
Aurum Resources Ltd (ASX:AUE) has returned further high-grade gold from its Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, including 3 metres at 80.09 g/t gold, as drilling continues to extend mineralisation at the BST1 deposit and BST2 prospect beyond the current resource footprint.
The latest results come from 46 diamond holes for 8,835.14 metres, comprising 35 holes at BST1 and 11 at BST2, as part of Aurum’s ongoing 100,000-metre Boundiali drilling program.
Dalaroo Metals Ltd (ASX:DAL) has expanded the copper-nickel geochemical footprint at its 100%-owned Watheroo Project in Western Australia after Stage 1 soil sampling extended the known copper anomaly by about two square kilometres to the south.
The 106-sample program returned peak values of 284 parts per million (ppm) copper and 176 ppm nickel, alongside values of up to 10 parts per billion (ppb) platinum, 10 ppb palladium and 10 ppb gold.
New South Wales has moved to accelerate development of data centres while requiring operators to shoulder more of the infrastructure costs created by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
The Minns government’s new NSW Data Centre Policy Framework, released on Monday, sets out planning, electricity and water requirements for a sector experiencing substantial investment growth.